A practicing infectious disease physician has authored an op-ed for the Washington Post, detailing his conflicted feelings about giving up private practice, and thus autonomy, to work for a hospital.
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Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital has opened its $5 million emergency department expansion, according to a Rapid City Journal report.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas has completed a new $3.6 million hybrid operating room, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is proposing an expansion of its Gretna (Va.) Medical Center, according to a News & Advance report.
Mount Sinai Hospital Queens in New York City is seeking approval for a $113 million expansion project, according to a New York Daily News report.
Phoenix Children's Hospital has broken ground on a $17 million specialty and urgent care center in Avondale, Ariz., according to a Republic report.
Vermont has issued a certificate of need to Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital for a $7.7 million expansion project, according to a Brattleboro Reformer report.
Mercy Hospital Joplin (Mo.), which was destroyed by a tornado last year, will be the quickest and largest acute-care hospital to be built in the United States and meet the International Building Code requirements, according to a news release.
The Service Employees International Union wants several healthcare measures on this November's ballot in California — such as the prohibition of hospitals charging 25 percent more than the cost of care and requiring non-profit organizations to provide at least 5…
Stating that Jersey City, N.J.-based Christ Hospital has provided an "invaluable and irreplaceable service" to the surrounding community, the Hudson County board passed a resolution to keep the bankrupt hospital in the city and open as an acute-care facility, according…